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US 6,548,823 B2Granted
Medical image reading apparatus
AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsSumiya Nagatsuka, Eiichi Akagi
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Abstract
A medical image reading apparatus comprises a controller to conduct an operation control on one of a first operation mode to execute reading a medical image after order information with regard to the reading the medical image is inputted and a second operation mode to execute reading a medical image before the order information with regard to the reading the medical image is inputted; and a reader to conduct the reading the medical image based on the operation control by the controller.
Claims19
A medical image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reader to acquire a medical image;
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- a controller to selectively operate in a first operation mode in which order information, including at least one of body parts information and patient information, are inputted into the medical image reading apparatus before the medical image is acquired by the reader, and in a second operation mode in which order information are inputted after the medical image is acquired by the reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.